Carmina

Catullus

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.

  1. Hymen O Hymenaeus: Hymen here, O Hymenaeus!
Damsels
  1. Hesperus! say what flame more cruel in Heaven be fanned?
  2. Thou who the girl perforce canst tear from a mother's embraces,
  3. Tear from a parent's clasp her child despite of her clinging
  4. And upon love-hot youth bestowest her chastest of maidenhoods!